As I review my sixty eighth year of living my very charmed life,

The joy of life would have been absent but for my beautiful wife,

I have wings of flight that have taken me to heights unknown,

With lift given of her I have risen and with God I have flown,

With love she whispered life into my ear as my heart waned,

As I expired God gave me a gift to feel how her heart pained,

So deep the pain that I prayed with a sincerity unknown to me,

As I fought to remain the twilight of Heaven was pulling me free,

Time, oh sweet time, if a gift can be given me let it be time,

To hold her tenderly while we waltz as we did in my prime,

Hours expire like minutes as I search each for a little more,

The prayers I pray are bound with my heart as never before,

Increments of my romantic life shows an evolution of heart,

A tenderness unknown by me was seen by her from the start,

An inspirational photograph was enough to survive the war,

Three weeks with her gave me strength I hadn’t known before,

I have survived so much, too much to list in but a rhyme,

It was for her I fought and prayed each and every time,

Every time she walks into the room I see her as I did before,

Each time I feel the vitality of youth as I want her even more,

Tonight I will hold and be held as I thank God for giving me time,

A tear will fall from my angel’s eyes as she reads this little rhyme,

Her meek little smile fools the unknowing of her love for me,

I pray to be holding my angel Patti upon my birthday century.

By Pat for Patti  August 19, 2015